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Pick 63, 2017 Ben Miller - Welcome to Tigerland.
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Can't be more of a baptism of fire than Ryan. May as well see what he has.
I haven't heard, I was just replying to TF2017's post.
Suspect the media is basing it on the "1 week" he's been listed as on the injury list for the past three weeks.
We're getting plenty of coverage. The AFL needs us to pump up the ailing attendance figures.
Can’t beat early years West Coast - Laurie Keene (foot) four weeks.
That went on for nearly 2 years !
That went on for nearly 2 years !
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I reckon Millar will debut - 6 for the season, sounds suspiciously like a rebuild to me - and we are clear inside the 8. 
It's looking our back 6 is seriously decimated this week. I think these will be the changes to our defensive structure.
IN: Mansell Astbury Miller
OUT: Balta, Broad, Vlaustin
I think there will be more changes
Overall
IN: Mansell Astbury Miller Lynch RCD Naish/Ralph-Smith
OUT: Chol, Ryan, Cotchin, Balta, Broad, Vlaustin
IN: Mansell Astbury Miller
OUT: Balta, Broad, Vlaustin
I think there will be more changes
Overall
IN: Mansell Astbury Miller Lynch RCD Naish/Ralph-Smith
OUT: Chol, Ryan, Cotchin, Balta, Broad, Vlaustin
Reported in the latest injury report posted on RFC website that if Dave and Tom complete the main training session tomorrow, both will play
That was my view well before the game but the MC wouldn't listen
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Richmond coach Damien Hardwick is expected to turn to his fifth debutant for the season on Thursday night. But who is it? Early Mail for round 16.
Richmond thinks it has found another diamond in the rough, with key defender Ben Miller in the frame to bolster the backline against Gold Coast on Thursday night.
Fresh injuries to Noah Balta (ankle) and Nathan Broad (ankle) have the West Australian in line to become the club’s sixth debutant this season. Carlton, Gold Coast and Melbourne have blooded just one player each in 2021.
David Astbury is still no certainty to return from a grumbly Achilles and so the Tigers might have to piece together a makeshift backline to combat Suns targets Ben King and Josh Corbett.
But Miller’s sparkling VFL form has had him under discussion at match committee for some time and if he gets the nod it will not be a Steven Bradbury-type debut.
It can be revealed that the Kalgoorlie prospect was firmly in the mix to crack coach Damien Hardwick‘s best 22 long before last weekend’s double blow to Balta and Broad.
Tigers VFL coach Xavier Clarke told News Corp that Miller had come of age this season.
“Benny Miller is one not a lot of people hear about,” Clarke said earlier this month.
“His game has improved dramatically from the end of last year to this year as that key back.
“It’s getting to the point now where we’re talking about him at match committee. Can he play at the level?
“Whereas two years ago he had a little bit more work to do.”
Miller was then named in Richmond’s extended squad against West Coast and enjoyed a career-best VFL game against Sandringham on Saturday.
The 198cm defender collected 119 ranking points, which was easily his best from 42 VFL matches.
Miller racked up six intercept marks, eight intercept possessions, 10 spoils and five tackles in a dominant display.
“The growth in his game is the ability to be able to play on talls, but also smaller medium-sized forwards,” Clarke said.
“He has the ability one-on-one against the bigger boys.”
Under talent boss Blair Hartley and recruiters Matthew Clarke, Francis Jackson and Richard Taylor the Tigers pieced together their premiership backline almost exclusively through the draft’s dumpster.
Liam Baker and Jayden Short were rookie revelations while Broad was taken at pick No.67 and Dylan Grimes in the pre-season draft.
Miller was secured with pick No.63 in 2017 and has since been demoted to the rookie list. Those at Tigerland are quietly confident they might have found another one in Miller.
Richmond thinks it has found another diamond in the rough, with key defender Ben Miller in the frame to bolster the backline against Gold Coast on Thursday night.
Fresh injuries to Noah Balta (ankle) and Nathan Broad (ankle) have the West Australian in line to become the club’s sixth debutant this season. Carlton, Gold Coast and Melbourne have blooded just one player each in 2021.
David Astbury is still no certainty to return from a grumbly Achilles and so the Tigers might have to piece together a makeshift backline to combat Suns targets Ben King and Josh Corbett.
But Miller’s sparkling VFL form has had him under discussion at match committee for some time and if he gets the nod it will not be a Steven Bradbury-type debut.
It can be revealed that the Kalgoorlie prospect was firmly in the mix to crack coach Damien Hardwick‘s best 22 long before last weekend’s double blow to Balta and Broad.
Tigers VFL coach Xavier Clarke told News Corp that Miller had come of age this season.
“Benny Miller is one not a lot of people hear about,” Clarke said earlier this month.
“His game has improved dramatically from the end of last year to this year as that key back.
“It’s getting to the point now where we’re talking about him at match committee. Can he play at the level?
“Whereas two years ago he had a little bit more work to do.”
Miller was then named in Richmond’s extended squad against West Coast and enjoyed a career-best VFL game against Sandringham on Saturday.
The 198cm defender collected 119 ranking points, which was easily his best from 42 VFL matches.
Miller racked up six intercept marks, eight intercept possessions, 10 spoils and five tackles in a dominant display.
“The growth in his game is the ability to be able to play on talls, but also smaller medium-sized forwards,” Clarke said.
“He has the ability one-on-one against the bigger boys.”
Under talent boss Blair Hartley and recruiters Matthew Clarke, Francis Jackson and Richard Taylor the Tigers pieced together their premiership backline almost exclusively through the draft’s dumpster.
Liam Baker and Jayden Short were rookie revelations while Broad was taken at pick No.67 and Dylan Grimes in the pre-season draft.
Miller was secured with pick No.63 in 2017 and has since been demoted to the rookie list. Those at Tigerland are quietly confident they might have found another one in Miller.
Miller was hardly sighted in the first half of his first season with us due to injury
news out of the VFL can be very sketchy and it seems like there were plenty more injury stints in his next years
remember the never ending injury sagas with Moore, Jackson , McGuane , the club stuck with them and they all made it in the end
Great build for a tall defender , hope he can hang in there and get a run of games at the top level , the Geelong and Brissy games will come around soon enough and he might be tangling with Hawkins and Daniher , that will be more than a test
news out of the VFL can be very sketchy and it seems like there were plenty more injury stints in his next years
remember the never ending injury sagas with Moore, Jackson , McGuane , the club stuck with them and they all made it in the end
Great build for a tall defender , hope he can hang in there and get a run of games at the top level , the Geelong and Brissy games will come around soon enough and he might be tangling with Hawkins and Daniher , that will be more than a test
Sounds like Ben Miller is within touching distance for his debut at AFL level. Been a long apprenticeship but his time has come!
He’ll be due for long service leave before he gets a game.
Hopefully it’s been worth the wait
If Ben can show he’s up to the grade over the next 3 months, he becomes such a massive part of our of season, all of a sudden we don’t need to be looking for a key defender, it could even open up a chance for DTLD to cash in and help package a deal with GC for there first pick , it’s a huge if , however it totally changed our needs in the off season , wether that’s after doing a 3 peat or needing to tweak the list .
Good luck Benny
Good luck Benny
Spot on mate this moment is exactly why you need to have patience with the big blokes & put development into them. Ben's been preparing for 4 years.
